Other info. - This striking species can be found mainly in the most southern counties of Missouri but a few disjunct populations are found in counties along the Missouri River.
The plant can be identified by its long, thin basal leaves, and its dense, cylindrical inflorescence of many small, white flowers. The flowers typically change from white to yellow or even purplish with age.
A. muscitoxicum is a toxic species which contains many alkaloids. Cattle have been killed from eating the plant.
An alternate name is Zigadenus muscitoxicus (Walter) Regel. The classification of these plants has been somewhat controversial, with some authors placing them into the family Melanthiaceae.

Photographs taken in the Appalachicola National Forest, FL., 3-30-05 (DETenaglia); also east of Noblett Lake, Howell County, MO, 6-4-2017 (SRTurner).